Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 32, Shloka 4
द्वात्रिंशस्सर्गः
Gifts to Suyajna and the Brahmins; Trijata’s Petition and Rama’s Charity
तमागतं वेदविदं प्राञ्जलिस्सीतया सह।सुयज्ञमभिचक्राम राघवोऽग्निमिवार्चितम्।।।।
tam āgataṁ vedavidaṁ prāñjaliḥ sītayā saha | suyajñam abhicakrāma rāghavo ’gnim ivārcitam ||
तमागतं वेदविदं सुयज्ञं प्राञ्जलिः सीतया सह राघवः। अग्निमिव पूजितं तं समर्च्य परितोऽभिचक्राम॥
On the arrival of sage Suyajna well-versed in the Vedas, both Rama and Sita offered obeisance to him as to fire-god and circumambulated him.
FAQs
Dharma includes reverence toward Vedic knowledge and holy guests; honoring sages is treated as honoring sacred fire itself.
A Veda-versed sage named Suyajña arrives, and Rama and Sita greet him with ritual respect and circumambulation.
Rama and Sita’s maryādā (propriety) and humility in honoring spiritual authority.